Foster care and detention counts soar in congressional report
A congressional study says the number of children in foster care, juvenile detention centers, and mental health facilities neared 500000 and could rise to 840000 by 1995. It cites funding gaps, rising abuse reports, and drug exposure as major drivers while Republicans dispute the five year growth projections.
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Transplant infant stabilizes after second liver surgery
In Chicago Alyssa Smith, 22 months, who recently received the nation’s first living donor liver transplant, remained critical but stable after a four hour operation to stop surface liver bleeding. Doctors called the bleeding a minor setback as they awaited Sarina Jones, another living donor recipient, recovering from a 72 hour procedure.
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Cosby says daughter can't be trusted
Los Angeles AP reports Bill Cosby says his daughter Brinn, 23, is unreliable and untrustworthy. He cites job history and relationship patterns, saying behavior, not substances, is the issue. Cosby notes she recently left a rehab center after acknowledging cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol abuse.
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